Example sentences of "[adj] have [adv] been [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Aspects of this have already been surveyed .
2 Some possible reasons for this have already been mentioned .
3 Some of the reasons for this have already been mentioned , but there are others as well and the whole lot may be summarised as follows :
4 Significant moves to achieve this have already been taken by the Library Association , including , as we have seen , its efforts to amend Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 .
5 The accounting implications of this have already been discussed in the previous section .
6 The sample list of books is equally important , for it disarms criticisms of the kind : ‘ The books involved are obsolete and the shelf space is needed for more modern colourful illustrated books ’ , or ‘ Things like this have always been going on ’ , or ‘ We only get rid of popular novels when the rush is over ’ .
7 Helpers approaching have sometimes been bitten or attacked wildly in the delirium that follows and which may last as long as twelve tormented hours .
8 The cases where the relation between stress and infinitesimal strain is linear have already been discussed .
9 Training modules in the use of ESA-QUEST and CCL have recently been produced at Sheffield .
10 Apparently some have already been converted .
11 The six themes are at unequal stages of development in that some have already been broken down into specific research projects whereas others are at a more exploratory stage .
12 Some have already been formed at Lockerbie , Wigtown and Eskdalemuir but Scotland 's smallest police force is urging others to the same .
13 Some have already been mentioned ; others relate to jury trial .
14 The many interesting and sometimes elaborate forms of instinctive behaviour shown by insects have often been described and some have also been explained as simple taxes and kineses or interpreted in more complex ethological terms ( Tinbergen , 1951 ; Baerends , 1959 ; Fraenkel and Gunn , 19612 ; Thorpe , 1963 ; Haskell , 1966 ; Evans , 1966 ; von Frisch , 1967 ; Sudd , 1967 ; Ewing and Manning , 1967 ; Manning , 1972 ) .
15 Some have even been tempted to transfer these old contracts into newer personal pensions , despite all the costs associated with discontinuing the contract and starting a new one , and the possible downsides such as a lower amount of tax-free cash under the new legislation .
16 Few titles have closed and some have even been launched , ’ he added .
17 Some have since been paid compensation .
18 Though there is no general statutory requirement in the UK for the creation of audit committees some have nevertheless been established .
19 Tumour necrosis factor , interferon alfa , and interleukin 2 have already been expressed and secreted in high concentrations within certain tumours .
20 But 2 have now been confiscated from foreign visitors after fights in Oxford in the past eleven days .
21 A few have even been spotted in nightclubs .
22 Raccoons no longer trapped for their fur , have invaded suburbia around Washington and a few have recently been found to be rabid .
23 In length and breadth these sagas belittle our Iliads and Odysseys , yet few scholars understand them and few have ever been translated .
24 The British have never been caught in such a web of debt with no hope of escape .
25 Changes introduced in the UK Budget in March 1993 have also been reflected in the release of certain tax provision .
26 The ministry of labour suspects that about half of the unemployed have indeed been laid off , but other evidence suggests that at least in some parts of the country the proportion is much lower .
27 A programme of accreditation , aimed at improving these small units , was launched by South Western regional health authority two years ago and 26 have already been accredited .
28 Out of 481 children called in , just over 100 have already been tested .
29 The human or murine cDNAs encoding Oct-1 , Oct-2A , Oct-2B , Oct-3/4 , and Oct-6 have now been cloned ( reviewed in [ 8 ] ) .
30 Three have since been charged .
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